Love
There was a little boy and a little girl
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
There was a little boy and a little girl
Lived in an alley;
Says the little boy to the little girl,
"Shall I, oh! shall I?"
Says the little girl to the little boy,
"What shall we do?"
Says the little boy to the little girl,
"I will kiss you."
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Love and Matrimony.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was a little boy and a little girl.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/443/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was a little boy and a little girl.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/443/.
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